Nigeria: Arms Import - U.S. Masterminded Trial of Iranian in Nigeria - Iran

1 November 2012

Tehran — Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has blamed what he called Zionist plot by those who want to destroy relationship between Iran and Nigeria for the trial of Iranian businessman in Nigeria over alleged illegal arms importation.

The Iranian businessman Azim Aghajani has been on trial alongside a Nigerian business agent in a Nigerian court over container-loads of arms intercepted at the Lagos port in October 2010.

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